Provisional release conditions cannot nullify criminal court custody orders; additional security deposit for seized vehicle was struck down.

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....Customs authorities may impose conditions for provisional release of seized goods under the Customs Act, but that power cannot be used to defeat a lawful criminal court custody order. Where a Chief Judicial Magistrate directed release of a seized vehicle on execution of bond, an additional security deposit equal to at least 30% of the vehicle's value was held unsustainable because it frustrated that order. The vehicle was therefore to be released on the bond already fixed by the criminal court.....